Lim Tang Boon

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Lim Tang Boon is a Singaporean football midfielder who played for Singapore in the 1984 Asian Cup.

In 1980, Lim was voted player of the year.{{Cite web |title=Former soccer star gets two years in prison for cheating bank |url=https://apnews.com/article/86c54998a20a1afd449bf6712bd8e30f |access-date=13 January 2023 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}

On 26 December 1980, in a group match against North Korea during Singapore's 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Fandi Ahmad earned a penalty against North Korea.{{Cite news |date=29 December 1980 |title=Fandi made it, Tang Boon lost it |pages=1 |work=New Nation |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19801229-1.2.3 |access-date=13 January 2023}} Lim took the penalty kick which the North Korean goalkeeper saved. Singapore lost the match 1-0 and fail to quality beyond the group stage.{{Cite news |date=27 December 1980 |title=I just don't know how ... |pages=24 |work=New Nation |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19801227-1.2.83 |access-date=13 January 2023}}